Has anyone in the Maryland, DC or Northern Virginia area successfully Flashed their N54 with the BB software through the BT Cable? I would like to do this as I have some timing issues I was hoping the Flash would resolve but am a flash noob.

At a minimum I'll request people show their logs, and preferrably put a charger on their car. Trying to write after a long ass read is just asking for a low battery. If someone bored would also compile a list of known rom types years and protocol that are having issues that would be cool.

Nominal voltage on a six cell lead acid battery is 12.6 volts. If your battery is below this voltage, charge before attempting to flash. You will only be able to get a good read of the battery voltage after it has come to rest (no charging or discharging, car simply off and sitting) for a few hours.

Always use a charger when trying to communicate with the DME. No exceptions. I know some have had success without a charger connected but every commercial product which allows the end user to update the firmware requires the device to be plugged into a charger before flashing. Period.

Nominal voltage on a six cell lead acid battery is 12.6 volts. If your battery is below this voltage, charge before attempting to flash. You will only be able to get a good read of the battery voltage after it has come to rest (no charging or discharging, car simply off and sitting) for a few hours.

Always use a charger when trying to communicate with the DME. No exceptions. I know some have had success without a charger connected but every commercial product which allows the end user to update the firmware requires the device to be plugged into a charger before flashing. Period.

This. Can't stress enough the charger. Car may seem fine but when battery is insufficient it causes problems.

All right, I finally got it to work.
The info about the charger was good. instead of keeping it at 2 amps like previously I put it at its max of 35.
I plugged it in before I put key in the car, and it did tell me the battery is full.
I started the read, and the charger turned on and gave me almost 20 amps for a little bit and then settled at about 10 amps for the rest of the read.
My second fix was a new laptop. My first try was a core 2 dell, that took 3 hrs to read. I then tried an I5 dell... that would not even pull my voltage or ecu information at the same time. So finally today I got ahold of an AMD Athlon laptop.
THAT WORKED FIRST TIME! pulled everything on the ID ECU, and did the full read in about 60 minutes.
I turned the car off, left the charger on. patched the file, and then uploaded it in less than 10 minutes. The charger sat at about 19 amps through the whole write process.

Thanks again everyone helping out!!

as far as the stage one goes, I did not feel a whole lot of change in the butt dyno. Its probably time for a walnut blast and plugs anyway.

Nominal voltage on a six cell lead acid battery is 12.6 volts. If your battery is below this voltage, charge before attempting to flash. You will only be able to get a good read of the battery voltage after it has come to rest (no charging or discharging, car simply off and sitting) for a few hours.

Always use a charger when trying to communicate with the DME. No exceptions. I know some have had success without a charger connected but every commercial product which allows the end user to update the firmware requires the device to be plugged into a charger before flashing. Period.

So do both the Cobb unit and the Open Flash Tablet require a battery charger for flashing? I'm still waiting for some proven maps to be posted before I try to flash.

Has anyone in the Maryland, DC or Northern Virginia area successfully Flashed their N54 with the BB software through the BT Cable? I would like to do this as I have some timing issues I was hoping the Flash would resolve but am a flash noob.

I have and I've also flashed another local's car. I'm btw Old Town and Mt. Vernon off of the GW Parkway.

So do both the Cobb unit and the Open Flash Tablet require a battery charger for flashing? I'm still waiting for some proven maps to be posted before I try to flash.

They both suggest it. Cobb only takes 25-30 mins to install; that's read out stock values and replace with whatever map you choose, which is pretty incredible. I've heard OFT takes just as long as BBF to read out the bin and much longer to write (until they implement partial writes).

They both suggest it. Cobb only takes 25-30 mins to install; that's read out stock values and replace with whatever map you choose, which is pretty incredible. I've heard OFT takes just as long as BBF to read out the bin and much longer to write (until they implement partial writes).

The only reason I ask is because all I keep reading this past week is problems reading and needing to buy or use a good car battery charger. I don't own one, so now I feel like I should buy one before trying this.

We like to keep our batteries at 13-14v when programming at all times. It's a general programming rule of thumb.

I know there is technically no guaranteed support with this software but if you guys want to seriously work out the minor kinks, you might want to think about starting a support sub section so you can have all the facts in one organized place. @Sticky

I know there is technically no guaranteed support with this software but if you guys want to seriously work out the minor kinks, you might want to think about starting a support sub section so you can have all the facts in one organized place